Teacher Resources

This popular curriculum was updated in 2013 to meet all the 6th grade Minnesota Social Studies standards. It includes a print and eBook Student Edition, Annotated Teachers Edition, black-line master and digital worksheets, and poster-sized maps.

 
Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862
This collection of thirty-six narratives presents the Dakota Indians' experiences during a conflict previously known chiefly from the viewpoints of non-Indians.

The Story of Minnesota's Protest Tradition
A brief and readable overview of the political protest movements that have shaped Minnesota, a state of extremes.

 
Old Rail Fence Corners is the story of Minnesota's early settlers in their own words--hardship and happiness on the frontier. These simple, direct accounts, collected at the beginning of the twentieth century, paint vivid pictures of life in Minnesota from the 1840s to the 1860s. A new introduction by Marjorie Kreidburg decribes the life and times of the book and of Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris, its remarkable editor.

An intricate narrative of the Dakota people over the centuries in their traditional homelands, the stories behind the profound connections that hold true today. 

Eight fictional "Day in the Life" essays, as well as more than 75 historical daguerreotypes, paintings, photographs, and curators'-choice artifacts, call up the sights, sounds, and surroundings of ordinary people living in tumultuous territorial times. An essay on surviving buildings and landscapes offers readers the opportunity to see and experience territorial Minnesota today.

More than one hundred stereotype-debunking questions—thoughtful, awkward, and searching—answered with solid information, humor, and compassion. 

 
Voted Book of the Century by the Swedish People!
 
The Minnesota Historical Society Press is pleased to reissue Vilhelm Moberg's four-volume EMIGRANT NOVELS in conjunction with the 1996 Jubilee celebrating the 150th anniversary of the beginning of Swedish mass emigration to North America.

A highly readable and engaging account of the fascinating enterprise that was North America's first business. Over 140 maps and illustrations.

This collection of fun and informative lessons provides numerous entry points for language learners and their instructors, inside the classroom and beyond.

An indispensable resource designed to enhance everyday conversation and contribute to the scholarship of the Dakota language and its dialects.